Pertussis

alive. This was the third time in his short life that he had alarmed Code Blue during his lengthy hospital stay. The mother had contracted pertussis, also called whooping cough, before giving birth and passed it on to her son. Now the disease was wracking his little body and she could do nothing about it. She could have prevented this. There is a vaccine for pertussis that could have been administered to the mother during her pregnancy. This vaccine would not have protected the newborn baby, but…

math of such vaccine freedom. It began thirty years ago when the vaccine rate plummeted after a study mentioned a small amount of children experienced side effects from the pertussis vaccine. The children had experienced limpness and seizures which affected the vaccine rate drastically for the next five years. When a pertussis outbreak swept, it took dozens of lives with it. The disease could’ve been prevented, instead of experiencing risks, the parents risked their children’s lives. The…

reintroduction of fatal diseases. Heuvel confirms that in 2012 the United States saw a huge spike in cases of pertussis (whooping cough), its worst epidemic in over seventy years (2015). Bailey further supports this by adding, Unfortunately, whooping cough incidence rates have been increasing along with the number of people refusing immunization for their kids. The annual number of pertussis cases fell to a low of 1,010 in 1976. Last year, the number of reported cases rose to 48,277, the…

It states “...vaccinations since 1924 have prevented 103 million cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis….” Since vaccinations have been around it hasn't done anything but prevent future diseases to people and the spread of it. The author refers to this article to emphasize by using logos that vaccinations are a good thing that has helped to reduce…

Massachusetts required a vaccination for smallpox (Martindale-Hubbell). Now, laws about vaccinations are up to the jurisdiction of the state. Some examples of common required vaccinations in the U.S are for Diphtheria, Haemophilus Influenza B, Hepatitis B, Pertussis (whooping cough), Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Tetanus (Martindale-Hubbell). From the time they are born, babies receive various shots to prevent diseases, sickness, and sometimes death. Some schools and daycares have their…

For example, the pertussis vaccine is known to cause side effects of crying, a fever and seizures, and the rotavirus is associated with intussusception ("The Benefits of Vaccination Outweigh the Risks"). While it is true that the pertussis vaccine can cause the side effects described above, in a study in Japan there were only 400 cases of pertussis and 10 cases of death when vaccinated. While when there was no vaccination there there…

Childhood Vaccinations Annotated Bibliography In this day and age there is a lot of controversy over whether it is still necessary for all children to receive vaccinations, and whether vaccines are responsible for developmental disorders in children. There are some that say parents that don’t vaccinate their children should be jailed, however there are parents that allege vaccinations have led to developmental disorders in their children, and in some cases even death. The Center for Disease…

caused by pertussis and measles. Both of these diseases have vaccines that are available to the public, yet the cases related to these two continue to increase. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in 2012, there were 48,277 reported cases of pertussis and among those, 20 pertussis related deaths; this was the most reported case since 1955. In a report done by the California Department of Public Health on February 12, 2015, California is currently experiencing a pertussis…

Should Vaccinations be Mandatory? Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to boost one’s immune system to develop immunity to a specific pathogen. They are designed to prevent certain illnesses and even death and add quality to the human life cycle. There are several vaccinations that have been invented to stop the spread and control diseases. The earliest epidemic of disease dates back as early as 1500 BC when there was no preventative measure for the now known disease named…

Immunization: “the creation of immunity usually against a particular disease; especially treatment (as by vaccination) of an organism for the purpose of making it immune to a particular pathogen” (Merriam-Webster). This method of eradicating a disease has gone on for many years, dating back to the 1700’s, when Edward Jenner studied Cowpox and small pox immunity. Immunization first began in the United States in 1721 when a Puritan Minister Cotton Mather, encouraged smallpox vaccination in…